In 2008, Franklin Furnace combined the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art and The Future of the Present programs into one entitled the Franklin Furnace Fund, supported by Jerome Foundation and the Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace annually awarded Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art grants to emerging artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works for presentation in New York; inaugurated in 1998 in collaboration with Pseudo Programs, Inc. as a series of performance art netcasts for worldwide audiences, The Future of the Present evolved into a sophisticated examination of issues raised by the Internet as an artistic medium and public venue. Franklin Furnace made the decision to combine these programs because during the last decade, artists have created works on every point of the spectrum between the body of the artist and the circulatory network of the Internet.

2007

The Future of the Present program has evolved from netcasts co-produced beginning in 1998 with Pseudo Programs, Inc., into sophisticated public events we produce in partnership with an array of venues in and around New York and the world, that encompass every gradation of possibility between two poles, the body of the artist and the body of the net.

The selected artists will receive grants of $3,600 each. In 2007 these programs are made possible by the generous support of Jerome Foundation and by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

2006

The Future of the Present program has evolved from netcasts co-produced beginning in 1998 with Pseudo Programs, Inc., into sophisticated public events we produce in partnership with an array of venues in and around New York and the world, that encompass every gradation of possibility between two poles, the body of the artist and the body of the net.

The selected artists will receive grants of $4,000 each. In 2006 these programs are made possible by the generous support of Jerome Foundation and by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

2000

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 2000 consists of ten live art presentations being created during residencies taking place from January to December, 2001. These works of art use the Internet as a venue in which performance and discussion may take place. This section of the Franklin Furnace site was designed by Stephanie Werthman.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: 2000

Anney Bonney (in collaboration with Liz Phillips)

Nao Bustamante

Anahi Caceres

go_Home Project (Sandra Sterle and Danic Dakic)

Dyke Action Machine (Sue Schaffner, Carrie Moyer)

Adriene Jenik & Lisa Brenneis

Gabrielle Leidloff

Bruno Ricard

Marcus Young

1999

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 1999 consists of ten live art presentations created during residencies which took place from January to December, 2000 at Parsons School of Design, Digital Design Department. These online works of art use the Internet, streaming media, and multi media as a vehicle in which performance may take place. Thanks to artist and faculty Zhang Ga.

This section of the Franklin Furnace site was designed by Tiffany Ludwig.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: 1999

Scott Durkin

Susan Lewis

Diane Ludin

Andrea Polli

Seemen

SKART

Danny Tisdale

Jack Waters

Cathy Weis

1998

The FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 1998, Franklin Furnace's first full season as a virtual presenting institution, took place every other week from September 1998 to July 1999 in collaboration with Pseudo Programs' performance channel, ChannelP.com.

Thanks to Alice Wu, webmistress.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: 1998

Romy Achituv

Davide Bramante

Michael Bramwell

Irina Danilova & Steven Ausbury

Doorika

Laure Drogoul

Gillian Dyson

Sarah East Johnson

Joshua Fried

Mark Fox & David Zaza

Paul Granjon

Dahn Hiuni

Andrea Kleine

Teresa Konechne

Dance Kumikokimoto

Stacy Makishi

Marilena Preda Sanc

Anita Ponton

Standard & Poor

Rafael Sanchez

Kathy Westwater

Rae C. Wright

spring 1998

Franklin Furnace at Pseudo Programs, Inc. marks the first season of Franklin Furnace's collaboration with Pseudo Online Network. Franklin Furnace is a 22-year-old artists' organization based in New York City devoted to temporal art forms (such as artists' books, installation and performance art) which became identified with artists' fight for freedom of expression during the culture wars of the late 80s and early 90s. Franklin Furnace's decision to close its TriBeCa exhibition to "downtown" audiences spread across the world. Pseudo Programs, Inc. is the world's largest producer of Internet television, broadcasting over thirty shows featuring emerging artists, news and entertainment.

This section of Franklin Furnace's site was designed by Yoon Hoe(Kelly) Gu yhg200@nyu.edu

Performances are netcast live from Pseudo's studios, and then archived on Pseudo's servers for at least six months. To view upcoming and archived performances, download the RealPlayer plug-in, available at www.real.com.
Consult Franklin Furnace's website, www.franklinfurnace.org for complete program descriptions and updates, or email us at info@franklinfurnace.org

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce the artists selected for THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: FF PSEUDO PROGRAMS